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Jim Groat

2013-11-17T16:19:08Z

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'''Jim Groat''', also known as '''Rabbi_Tom''' and '''Krag Carbine''' (full name '''James L. Groat'''), is a [[furry artist]] residing in [[Wikipedia:Madison, Wisconsin|Madison, Wisconsin, USA]]. He had two children (who are sometimes referred to as the '''Groatlings''') with former spouse<ref>[http://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetails.do;jsessionid=D3B282CA6A1DE8C82E0E847C70FE5A22.render6?countyNo=13&caseNo=2013FA000710&cacheId=C01EA542CE87EE519E5E1E2171AF34FF&recordCount=1&offset=0 Divorce paperwork] filed via the [http://wcca.wicourts.gov/ Wisconsing Court System]. Posted april 9, 2013. Retrieved April 10 2013.</ref> [[Hakeber|Rebekah]] (whom he wedded at [[Confurence]] 1994).{{fact}}

== Fandom involvement ==

Some of his earlier [[comic]]s, in collaboration with fellow [[artist]] [[Richard Konkle]], were published as far back as 1985, featuring the [[character]]s [[Red Shetland]] and [[Equine the Uncivilized]], which were printed under his independent label [[GraphXPress]]. He has also done commercial art for others, including interior artwork for the [[Wikipedia:GURPS|GURPS]] version of [[Bunnies & Burrows]].

Jim is known for being a [[caricaturist]]. In such [[furry zine]]s such as [[YARF!|Yarf]], he would often publish his [[convention]] reports in comic book format. For a while during the conventions themselves, he made a tradition of destroying plush toy versions of [[W:Smurfs|Smurfs]] or of [[W:Barney the dinosaur|Barney the dinosaur]], a practice that became known as a [[Groatish Mauling]].

Jim was a [[guest of honor]] at [[ConFurence 1]], [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], and [[Rocket City FurMeet#2004|Rocket City FurMeet 2004]]. He is a member of the [[Lake Area Furry Friends]].

=== Webcomic ===

Groat is the founder, [[writer]] and [[Wikipedia:Line art|line artist]] behind the ''[[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]'' comic.

=== Convention attendance ===

* [[Albany Anthrocon]]/Anthrocon - 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
* [[Confurence]] - 1990
* [[FurFright]] - 2009, 2010
* [[Further Confusion]] - 2011, 2012, 2013
* [[FWA]] - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
* [[Mephit Furmeet]] - 2009, 2010, 2012
* [[Midwest FurFest]] - 2010, 2011, 2012
* [[Rocket City FurMeet]] - 2004

== Media appearances ==
=== Filmography ===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="1"|Title
!rowspan="1"|Year released
!rowspan="1"|Year produced
!rowspan="1"|Company
!rowspan="1"|Genre
!rowspan="1"|Theme
!rowspan="1"|Job/Role
!rowspan="1"|Notes
|-
| ''[[W:Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]''
| 1993
| ?
| [[W: Hollywood Pictures|Hollywood Pictures]]
| Feature film
| Western
| Actor, extra
| Jim Groat played a patron at the Birdcage Theater: at 26:50 into the film, he is thrown out of his seat by one of the Red Sash gang.
|}

=== Other media ===

He also appeared in a [[W:WKOW|WKOW]] television newsclip in August of 2007 about scouring the University of Wisconsin campus for useful and sellable items.<ref>[http://www.wkow.com/Global/story.asp?S=8476142 ''One family finds treasure in campus' discarded items''] news segment on [[W:American Broadcasting Company|ABC WKOW]. Retrieved August 25, 2010.</ref>

== Controversy ==

There have been occasional discussions that he has suggested events of a dire nature to encourage others to come to his help and aid.<ref>[http://forums.macrophile.com/viewtopic.php?t=8302 ''Rabbi Tom in trouble!''] post on [[Macrophile.com]]. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://forums.vivisector.org/index.php?topic=10.0 ''The Many Lost Toys of Jim Groat''] post on [[Vivisector (website)|Vivisector's forum]]. Retrieved November 12, 2012.</ref>

== References ==
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http://groatscam.tumblr.com/

== External links ==

* [http://www.graphxpress.com/ Graphxpress.com] official webpage
* [http://rabbi-tom.deviantart.com Rabbi Tom] on [[DeviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rabbi-tom/ Rabbi Tom] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Jim-Groat/ Jim Groat] on [[VCL]]
* ''[http://www.livejournal.com/users/krag_carbine/ From the demented mind]'' - Jim's [[LiveJournal]]
* ''[http://furry101.com/?p=183 The Jim Groat Interview]'' at [[Furry 101]]

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Mel. White

2013-11-17T16:10:50Z

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'''Mel. White''' (a.k.a. '''K'has''') is a [[science fiction]] [[author]] and professional [[comic book]] [[artist]]. Her publication credits include "Mark Twain and the Notable Mare" in the paperback ''Alternate Heroes'', coauthor of "Ironrose" in [[Wikipedia:Mercedes Lackey|Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''Swords of Ice'', "Aladdin and the Lamp of Many Wishes" in the paperback ''Aladdin and the Lamp'', as well as other Greenberg/Resnick anthologies from Daw Books. She wrote a book chapter on the anthropology of the [[World of Warcraft]] [[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]] in ''Battle for Azeroth'' (BenBella Books, 2006) and "Systems of Justice in MOOs, MUCKs, and MUSHES" in ''Gaming Culture and Social Life'', a gaming research volume edited by Patrick Williams and Jonas Heide Smith. Her fiction also appears in ''[[Best in Show]]'', edited by [[Fred Patten]].

She can be seen at a number of Midwest and California conventions. She enjoys being on panels and filks and occasionally inflicts "World of Warcraft" filk on the unsuspecting.

She's a member of the [[Dorsai Irregulars]] and goes by the monicker of "Little Dragon", bestowed on her by Bob Asprin.

==Works==
===Nonfiction===

A scholar and anthropologist, her broad interest in many things is reflected in her nonfiction writing which covers topics as diverse as disability issues, wildscaping and informatics. She has had scholarly papers and posters presented at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Society for Applied Anthropology, Northern California and Nevada Medical Group Conference, Texas Library Association Annual Conference, International Conference for Medical Computing, and has authored a chapter on the Chumash Indians of California for a history textbook.

===Art===

A former Central Director of Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) and a past author and editor for the Asfa Quarterly, she and ''[[Glen Wooten]]'' frequently give panels on copyright issues at Further Confusion.

As an artist, she was originally known as a caricaturist and gaming cartoonist as well as a doll sculptor. Her first professional comic book work was the ''Duncan & Mallory'' series of graphic novels with Robert Aspirin from Starblaze. Her work has appeared in ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'', ''[[Wild Life (comic)|Wild Life]]'', ''[[Katmandu]]'', ''[[Equine the Uncivilized]]'', and several other [[:Category:Comics|furry comics]]. She has a versatile style and her more realistic art and photomanipulations have been used for e-book romance book covers.

Her long-running [[webcomic]] series, "[[Coyote (webcomic)|Coyote]]" was on hiatus during 2012-2013 while she finished her PhD in Information Science at the University of North Texas.

==K'has==

Her most frequent avatar, K'has, is a black haired, black bodied male centaur inspired in part by Donna Barr's Stinz and by the old style Star Trek Klingons. He has a rather bizarre sense of humor. K'has first appeared in [[The Dallas Brawl]] (a [[Bizarre Wars]] APA waiting list.

K'has is also one of the [[wizard]]s of [[FurryMUCK]].

{{FurryMUCK}}
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Mel. White

2013-11-17T16:06:41Z

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'''Mel. White''' (a.k.a. '''K'has''') is a [[science fiction]] [[author]] and professional [[comic book]] [[artist]]. Her publication credits include "Mark Twain and the Notable Mare" in the paperback ''Alternate Heroes'', coauthor of "Ironrose" in [[Wikipedia:Mercedes Lackey|Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''Swords of Ice'', "Aladdin and the Lamp of Many Wishes" in the paperback ''Aladdin and the Lamp'', as well as other Greenberg/Resnick anthologies from Daw Books. She wrote a book chapter on the anthropology of the [[World of Warcraft]] [[Wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]] in ''Battle for Azeroth'' (BenBella Books, 2006) and "Systems of Justice in MOOs, MUCKs, and MUSHES" in ''Gaming Culture and Social Life'', a gaming research volume edited by Patrick Williams and Jonas Heide Smith. Her fiction also appears in ''[[Best in Show]]'', edited by [[Fred Patten]].

She can be seen at a number of Midwest and California conventions. She enjoys being on panels and filks and occasionally inflicts "World of Warcraft" filk on the unsuspecting.

She's a member of the [[Dorsai Irregulars]] and goes by the monicker of "Little Dragon", bestowed on her by Bob Asprin.

==Works==
===Nonfiction===

A scholar and anthropologist, her broad interest in many things is reflected in her nonfiction writing which covers topics as diverse as disability issues, wildscaping and informatics. She has had scholarly papers and posters presented at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Society for Applied Anthropology, Northern California and Nevada Medical Group Conference, Texas Library Association Annual Conference, International Conference for Medical Computing, and has authored a chapter on the Chumash Indians of California for a history textbook.

===Art===

She's the former Central Director of Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) as well as a past author and editor for the Asfa Quarterly. As an artist, she was originally known as a caricaturist and gaming cartoonist as well as a doll sculptor. Her first professional comic book work was the ''Duncan & Mallory'' series of graphic novels with Robert Aspirin from Starblaze. Her work has appeared in ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'', ''[[Wild Life (comic)|Wild Life]]'', ''[[Katmandu]]'', ''[[Equine the Uncivilized]]'', and several other [[:Category:Comics|furry comics]]. She has a versatile style and her more realistic art and photomanipulations have been used for e-book romance book covers.

Her long-running [[webcomic]] series, "[[Coyote (webcomic)|Coyote]]" is on hiatus until she finishes her PhD.

==K'has==

Her most frequent avatar, K'has, is a black haired, black bodied male centaur inspired in part by Donna Barr's Stinz and by the old style Star Trek Klingons. He has a rather bizarre sense of humor. K'has first appeared in [[The Dallas Brawl]] (a [[Bizarre Wars]] APA waiting list.

K'has is also one of the [[wizard]]s of [[FurryMUCK]].

{{FurryMUCK}}
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Comic artists]]
[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:FurryMUCK wizards]]
[[Category:Dorsai Irregulars]]